to do what most men need a rifle to do. That is where the "prestige" and the challenge comes from, not from cheating, using some abortion of a scoped single shot, with a bipod ferchrissakes. If you can't get within 50 yds and take the critter with a real sidearm, you need more work on your marksmanship and hunting skills, not some misbegotten monstrosity of a .500 super whatsis, so you can lie to people about being a "handgun hunter".